Reef Club in Greensboro

[rpeeples]

Hi Folks,

Poking around the internet to do some research and found reef central.

I would certainly like to see a Reefer Club started in the Triad area....

Let's see if we can't get something going...

You can contact me @ peeplesjr@earthlink.net

Hope to hear from ya...

Ron

[rnosal]

Interested Sent Email

[EQCM2B]

Not sure if you know about it or not but there is one called Piedmont Reef. It is made up of people around the area. HTH

Here is a link if interested:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/piedmont_reef/

[rnosal]

Yeah Ive seen and joined Piedmont reef. So far all Ive seen from it and NCFrag and others is alot of usless emails. Thats an email distribution group not a club.

I just moved here from maryland and was a member of the Chesapeake Marine Aquarist Society. We had monthly meetings and tours, speakers came and discussed the hobby. Frag trades were extremly easy to pull off sice we were all in one place once a month. We could arrange discounts though retailers and even helped promote retailers so their business grew.

I do know the closest club to greensboro is www.rasoc.org and I have a few friend in there but it is a bit far to travel to Charlotte for meetings.

Even if a club could include winston, greensboro, high point and burlington, I think we could start something.

you dont need many, and meeting places can be a members house. Hell I would suggest my place as a meeting place.

[rnosal]

Surprised noone responded oh well

[rnosal]

ttt

[Hoop]

I would be interested. I'm about an hour away.

[rnosal]

Great now all we need is a few more to make it worth the trip for you.

[EQCM2B]

I would be interested although I don't have a lot to trade since I am just starting out. I'll follow this thread to see what happens.

[rnosal]

Well thats just it you dont have to have many thing to trade, its more of a group of people that are local to each other that can give advice, ask questions, help out (think about it have you ever tried to move an 180gal tank before).

once the club gets bigger we could start looking into getting speakers and holding events.

I know some people in the club down in Charlotte and I think they would partner up with us on some joint venture

So if you have any friend who are also reefers, let them know we are going to get a triad club going.

[EQCM2B]

Will do!

I thought I recognized your screen name on the Charlotte site yesterday as I was looking for other local clubs. I would have signed up there but that is a little far for me to participate in any of the events.

Steve

[rnosal]

I went to the meeting last saturday, yeah it was far, took about 2 hours to drive, but I meet some good resources and got some great corals. They also had a great talk about tank chemestry from one of there members


So thats what Im hoping we can get going in the Triad

[EQCM2B]

I'm all for it and will do what I can. Currently only in town on weekends do to job but will be retiring soon so i will be able to always be in the area. Let me know if I can help.

[Paintbug]

im all for it as well!! i have been involved with starting a couple of clubs for other hobbies. i would really like to get one going local as well. it would be a great way to trade frags, used equipment, etc., and sharing ideas. i can even set up a website, and maybe have our own forums. it may not be the greatest site on the planet but i work cheap :D (free)

[rnosal]

Now thats what I like to hear.. :p

Ive been in other clubs before one being in maryland.

www.cmas-md.org (http://www.cmas-md.org)

and was looking at Joining the Charlotte club but its too far of a drive.

www.rasoc.org (http://www.rasoc.org)


check out the sites to see what we can accomplish if we really want to.


Also if you have any friends who keep saltwater tanks - pass the word on.

[worldwidereef]

Count me in. Always in need of contacts. LOL

[rnosal]

Great So Im counting about 6 interested as of right now, I Think we can probably get something started..

But we need a name though...Any Ideas?

Triad Marine Aquarist Society (TMAS)
Reef Aquarium Society of the Triad (RASOT)
Triad Saltwater Aquarium Society (TSAS)
Triad Reefers (TR)
Saltwater Enthusiasts Association of the Triad (SEA-T) <---For some reason I like this one

[EQCM2B]

I second SEA-T. Sounds good to me too.

[worldwidereef]

SEA-T............ Thats catchy............. I like it.

[tgfrench]

"Yeah Ive seen and joined Piedmont reef. So far all Ive seen from it and NCFrag and others is alot of usless emails. Thats an email distribution group not a club."

Rnsol
Piedmont reef group is definitely not a email distrubition group. While we have only had 3 offical meetings in the last year with only up to 12 people in attendance at our meetings. We are and always have been open to new individuals that want to get together and share their tanks, stories and time.

Its fine if you want or can get a group of your own started the more the merrier.

good luck

terry

[rnosal]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6546814#post6546814 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tgfrench


Rnosal
Piedmont reef group is definitely not a email distrubition group. While we have only had 3 offical meetings in the last year with only up to 12 people in attendance at our meetings. We are and always have been open to new individuals that want to get together and share their tanks, stories and time.

Its fine if you want or can get a group of your own started the more the merrier.

good luck

terry

Great you had 3 meetings, but who is in charge? Was the meeting just 12 people trading frags and delivering items they sold to other people? Or was there actually more....

Have you ever wondered what else a "club" can do other the offer a place and time to trade frags. What about local store and online retailer discounts? whatabout (eventually)speakers like Sanjay and Mike Paletta? Raffles, Group frag parties, trust me it can all happen if everyone wants it to. Yes those things cost money and probaly will require some sort of yearly dues.

But if EVERYONE on Piedmont_reef is happy with what they are doing now, who am I to say otherwise.

But if you are interested please join us over at this thread while we work out the details

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=733649 (http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=733649)

[smariner]

Just a reminder that there is a R.A.R.E. meeting tomorrow at 1pm. Here are the details:

Raleigh Area Reef Enthusiasts (RARE) is having their quarterly meeting!


SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT! Gil Van Dkykuizen, formerly with the Monterey Bay
Aquarium is giving the seminar! He is planning a multimedia presentation:

Captive Husbandry of Deep Sea Animals at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Here are the details:

When: 1/28/06 at 1pm

Where: NCSU Vet School Theater
(Main entrance of the vet school - by the big flag, up the brick
walkway; when you enter the building, there are stairs going down to a
set of double doors, pass through those. The next set of doors will be
propped or we'll have someone there to let you in, talk will be on
that bottom floor.)

Speaker: Gil Van Dkykuizen

Topic: Captive Husbandry of Deep Sea Animals at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Tank Tour: Reef Tank At Vet School will be talked about

Details: Frag swap at 2:00pm, Please post what you have to trade on
RARE (via yahoo groups) email list so you can get others to trade with
you in advance!


Hope to see you all there,
Chad D. Bryant

[nUgZ]

I would be interested in a reef club in the triad. Count me in for sure.

[rnosal]

great now i guess we just have figure out a when, where and how to make this work for everyone.

[rnosal]

Ok where has everyone been, been waiting to hear but nada, My work recently implimented very strong web filtering and reefcentral does not work at all

[EQCM2B]

I'm still here. I'll be retiring from the military next week so I'll start being in the area on a constant basis from next Wednesday on.

[a_tisticfeyboy]

Hey guys, my name's Dash; I just moved here. I'm very interested in helping out with a Triad club--what's the status? I'll help out in any way I can--and I mean that. I have a lot of free time. 8}

Feel free to email me at dash4froggupz@hotmail.com.

Dream deep!
--dash
8}

[J4Life]

Hey Everyone,

I live in Winston-Salem and would definitely be interested as well. A good friend of mine is just starting out and I am sure he would be interested also.

Just let me know. I don't know how often I could make meetings since I have two little ones, but I am always available through this site.

Thanks,
Bill:)

[novacalypso]

Hi everyone;)

I'm very interested too. I'm still new to reef tanks (currently looking for my first) but i do have experience with freshwater and some with salt (many yrs ago.)

I'd welcome any input and would be happy to trade/swap things once i get going ;).

Beth

[rnosal]

Welcome,

Dash, J4Life and novacalypso.

[rnosal]

Well thought i would give piedmont reef a try but they banned me with no warning for listing a new product for sale that I did not need but wanted to get somewhat close to the cost back on.

So With out much a-do I think its time to offically start forming this club. Look in the next few days for a forum to come online. iF ANYONE HAS phpBB experience plesae let me know.

[rnosal]

oh yeah also need some ideas of the logo, and I have webhosting already lined up (me)

[rnosal]

boards up just need to add catagories and topics,

http://forums.coralbeauties.com

And need a logo

[EQCM2B]

rnosal,

Site looks great so far. I have registered on the site but when I try to log in all I get is a blank screen. Is it me or did I just get lucky and find the first bug?

Again the site does look good so far.

[rnosal]

ok looks to be an email sending issue, but yur account was created.

Thanks for telling of the problem it will be fixed

[EQCM2B]

rnosal,

I still can't log on to the SEA-T site. I try and all I get after logging on is a white screen, no banner, forums or anything.

[rnosal]

Ill delete your account please recreate

[rnosal]

Wow only one still interested..Well we will see how it goes

[J4Life]

rnosal I just signed up and sent the site link to my friend who is just getting into the hobby.

Look forward to getting a good network of local reef enthusiast.

Also I have a few frags for sale in anyone is interested. Here is a link to where I posted them on reefcentral.com

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=752540&perpage=25&pagenumber=10

Let me know if anyone is interested.

Thanks,
Bill

[rnosal]

Wow Actually I may be interested. in some and a week or so, Just lost everything to a malfunctioning top off unit while I was away for a week.
Well welcome, hopefully we can get some more people to really get the ball rolling on creating a club everyone can benefit from.

I should be able to start posting some articles or something up on the site in the coming days. If you or anyone else has anything they would like to add to the forums or would like to see some function either post on the forum or send me an IM.

[J4Life]

rnosal,

Will do and I have plenty of corals and no takers so far so take your time. Sorry to hear about your loss. I almost had the samething happen to me. If I had came home one more day later I would have walked into a disaster.

-Bill

[oureef12]

Club sounds good. I'm interested.

[rnosal]

Well come on over we are just getting started so youll be in on the ground floor

http://forums.coralbeauties.com

[rnosal]

TTT

[b0wenj]

I would be interested in this club. To get more interest you may want to print up some flyers and post them at local fish stores. Maybe you can even talk them into giving members a discount :)

[rnosal]

Good Idea, well come on over to the boards, got as few who check it regularly, but we are gaining momentum.

In working on it but havent been to the locals stores in about a month or so. Probably go sometime this week. If anyone else wants to help out just let me know.

[rnosal]

WE actually got something going and had a small meeting/frag swap last saturday night - raffalls and all. Come on down to the boards if interested.

http://forums.coralbeauties.com

[Jamesurq]

I have too many boards to follow. I run Reefmonkey.com where we host a few other reef boards, including where I used to live... Between that, and this one and working, moving, setting up the system, sleeping, eating and a few other things, another board isn't in the cards.

I am up for a meeting - hell, in a couple months I'll even host one myself here.

[rnosal]

We had about 10 people out to the first meeting/frag swap and we are currently trying to decide next meeting/get together date.

Please either send me a PM here if interested or on

http://forums.coralbeauties.com

Come on people lets get this thing going...

[rnosal]

Next Meeting/Frag Swap is Oct 14th at 2pm

Please either send me a PM here if interested or on

http://forums.coralbeauties.com

I need to get a rough estimate on how many are coming.

[rnosal]

TTT - BUMP

[rnosal]

The next Greensboro Frag Swap/Sea-t Meeting will Be held on October 14th at 2pm

Time: 2pm

Place:
RNosal House

Addy:
5 Rosebank Ct
Greensboro, NC 27407

Please see our message board for directions and popst your frags for trade.

http://forums.coralbeauties.com/index.php?topic=27.0

Please also Pm here or on message boards me if interested in attending, so I know how many people are coming.

[rnosal]

Reminder

The next Greensboro Frag Swap/Sea-t Meeting will Be held on Saturday October 14th at 2pm

Time: 2pm

Place:
RNosal House

Addy:
5 Rosebank Ct
Greensboro, NC 27407

Please see our message board for directions and popst your frags for trade.

http://forums.coralbeauties.com/index.php?topic=27.0

Please also Pm here or on message boards me if interested in attending, so I know how many people are coming.